Thai delegation to leave for Hague to elaborate Temple issue

May 27, 2011
Source: Xinhua

Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya will leave for The Hague of the Netherlands Friday evening to elaborate the Preah Vihear Temple issue with the International Court of Justice (ICJ).

According to Information Department Director-General and Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Thani Thongphakdi, the minister and his entourage will leave Thailand Friday evening to present information to the ICJ after Cambodia sought an interpretation of the ICJ's 1962 judgement on the temple case, Thai National News Bureau reported, adding that the Foreign Minister will finish his mission on May 31.

The Thai delegation comprises government officials in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Royal Thai Survey Department of the Ministry of Defence and the Department of Fine Arts, Ministry of Culture.
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